The Unexpected Visitor

Another large knock shook the hut. I was still frozen with fear and scooted over to the far corner of the shack, Harry stood up, while Dudley woke.

"Where's the cannon?" He asked like an idiot. From there room Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia came bursting in. Vernon was holding a rifle, the long package from earlier.

"Who's there?" Uncle Vernon shouted. "I warn you — I'm armed!"

The noise stopped, had Uncle Vernon's threat worked?

SMASH!

Apparently not.

The door came off its hinges, crashed to the ground.

Where the door was standing now stood a massive man, his face was nearly totally covered by a beard. His eyes were black, but he didn't look harmful. Still I decided my best course of action was to stay in the corner.

The man lowered his head and was barely able to fit inside the door frame and enter the house, before turning and lifting the door easily back into place. The noise of the storm dropped as the man turned to us.

"Couldn't make us a cup o' tea, could yeh? It's not been an easy journey…"

He made his way to the sofa, where Dudley was still sitting terrified.

"Budge up, yeh great lump," The man said, Dudley made a noise then ran over to hide behind his mother. The man then looked at Harry, and I could see a smile form on his face.

"An' here's Harry!" He told my brother, by the way he was acting toward Harry I concluded that he meant no harm, so began to get up from the corner I was sitting in.

"Las' time I saw you, you was only a baby," the man continued telling my brother "Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh've got yer mom's eyes."

Uncle Vernon made a awkward noise as I finally got to my feet.

"I demand that you leave at once, sir!" Vernon spoke. "You are breaking and entering!"

"Ah, shut up, Dursley, yeh great prune," the man said ; he reached over the sofa, ripped the gun from Uncle Vernon's hands, easily bent the weapon into a know, then threw it passed me into the corner of the room. Uncle Vernon made another noise, as the man noticed me and his smile returned.

"An' Sarah, there yeh are. Spittin image of Lily, cept for your hair color." He told me. I looked at the man in shock.

"You knew our parents?" I asked stunned, the man nodded.

"Course I did, great people James and Lily. Miss em everyday, Anyway —, a very happy birthday to yeh both. Got summat fer yeh here — I mighta sat on it at some point, but it'll taste all right."

The man was looking through the pockets of his large black overcoat, as me and Harry looked at each other, both very confused. The man finally found what he was looking for and pulled a slightly squashed box. He handed it to Harry, who with trembling fingers, opened it and found a chocolate cake, with the words, Happy Birthday Sarah, and Harry. Written in green frosting.

Harry looked up at the man, most likely thinking the same thing I was. Other than knowing the man knew our parents.

"Who are you?" Harry asked.

"And how do you know our parents?" I added.

Both question caused the man to laugh.

"True, I haven't introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts." He told us the shook Harry's whole arm with just his hand. Then turned and did the same to me.

Though he had answered our question, he still really hadn't. His name was Hagrid, and he was the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts.

What in the world was a Hogwarts? Some sort of pork processing plant?

"What about that tea then, eh?" the man said as he rubbed his hands together. "I'd not say no ter summat stronger if yeh've got it, mind."

Hagrid then turned to the pathetic fireplace that contained nothing by empty chip bags, he snorted then bent over. I couldn't see what he did, but a massive fire burst forth and the whole room warmed up considerably.

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